Mop and mop holder



June 26, 1928. 1,674,964

' U. J, EWING ET AL MOP AND MOP HOLDER Filed Feb. 15, 192'! :s Sheets-Sheet 1 June 26, 192&

MOP AND MOP HOLDER 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 ,674,964 U-J. EWING ET AL Patented June 26, 1928.

era's STATES URBANE T. EWING AND.ADA F. EWING, OF WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

M01? AND MOP HOLDER.

Application filed February 15, 1927. Serial No. 168,353.

number of parts and in which the several parts comprising the cooperating elements of the mop and hold-er can. be quickly adjusted and the clamping and unclamping and removal of the mop from the holder can be easily effected with the least number of manual operations.

Second, to construct a mop and its holder in such a manner so that when themop has been clamped to the holder said mop can be used in wiping or moppinga plane surface in a horizontal. or vertical position only the soft texture of the cleaner or mop is capable ofcoming in contact with the surface of the floor, window, or other surface or bOCly to be cleaned, mopped or polished,

thereby preventing the abrasion of the floor or scratching of the body surface due to the contact of metal forming the holder with said'floor or body surface.v

Third, to form a mop and holder which" can be use'djointly with a polishing'or cleaning fluid, said fluid being slowly, properly and uniformly distributed to the active surface of the mop.

Fourth, to provide a holder for the 1110p mop and holder shown in which can be applied to and operated from an extended pole or rod for use on the floor, or said rod or pole quickly disconnected from the holder and a handle to be gripped by the fingers readily substituted for said rod or'pole without in anyway disturbing the adjusted or clampedposition of the mop or cleaning surface. I I

Fifth, to forma mop and mop holder'of such shapes, contours and cross sections as. will enable said mop and. holdert oj be easily packed for shipment in a minimum of space and at the same time prevent their shapes or any ofthe cooperating parts from becoming distorted or injured tending to make them inoperative after being unpacked for demonstration or sale.

Sixth. other advantages of the construc- H011 and relation of the several parts comiaaei prising the cooperating elements of the mop or cleaner and the holder will be apparent from the detaileddescription'to be presently disclosed.

The invention consists of structural characteristics. and relative arrangement of elements which Wlll' be hereinafter more fully described and'particularly pointed'out in the .7

appended claims.

In the three sheets of drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate the same parts in the several figures:

Figure 1 is a top perspective view of one form of the combined holder and mop or cleaner.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line IIII of'Fi'gure 1.

Figure is a perspective View on a reduced scale of one form of the mop with the pile or absorbing fabric removed.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of Figure 1 on a reduced scale with the pole or handle and clamping top removed.

Figure 5 is'a' top, plan View of form, of the invention.

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line Vii- V1 'ofFigu'i-e' 5.

igure 7 is a top planview of the fOl'lIl shown in Figure 5 partly broken with the clamping top removed and a section of the mop detached from the base 0!? the holder.

a modified Figure 8 is an enlarged and fragmentary sectional view of a modified form of clamping top as applied to the Figure 6. I

Figure 9 1s a side view of the combined Figure 5 with the pole removed and a hand grip substituted; Figure 10 s a top-plan view of a further base shown in modified form of the invention.

Figure 11 is a detached and perspective View of the form of handle shown in Figure 10'. I I Figure 1 2 is a sectional View. taken'on line XIjIXIIf ofFigur'e 1O. 1

Figure 13 is a fragment of a top plan view of a, corner otthe base of the holder shownv inl igure' 12. a

Referring'to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, 14 represents the receiving base or bottom section, which in this instance is square in plan View and is provided with a. plane bottom 15 having integrally formed at its outer edges a ill) . plane of the bottom and forming a recess 22 and is of a smaller depth than .the web or flange 16 of the base or bottom section 14 and of such shape and size to fit and be easily seated in the shallow recess or pocket 17 of the base section 1 1 with a slight clearance between the outer sides of the flange 21 of the clamping member 19 and the inner sides of the flange or web 16 of the base section, as clearly shown in Figure 2. Said bottom 20 of the clamping member 19 is provided with openings 23, 23, which register with the two screw threaded pins, 18,

18, projecting from the base section 1e for purposes readily understood.

The mop or cleaner consists of two rec tangular strips 2 1 and of cloth or suitable f'abric which are superimfprosed and arranged at right angles to each other sewed together by stitching 26, as shown in Figure 3, and the underside hasst tched or otherwise secured thereto a pile 27 or other absorbent fabric, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. This construction of the mop or cleaner provides two pairs of hinged and oppositely disposed flaps 28, 28,-capable of being turned in on each other ,over the top of center sec tion of the mop free of pile fabric, for purposes to be presently described.

A T-shaped member or socket piece 29 into which is fitted and secureda handle or pole 30 is provided with lateral extensions 31, 31, having openings which register with and are adapted to receive the projecting pins 18 18, as shown, and 33, 33, are nuts for securing said socket member 29 into the position shown in Figure 1.

The manner of assembling the mop (r cleanerwith the holder is as follows:

The mop or cleaner is placed with its pile or absorbent fabric side on the underside and thehin ged flaps'28, 28, are opened out into the position shown in Figure 3. The receiving base or bottom section 1 1 of the holder be folded down over the outer flanges 16 and into the recess or pocket 17 of the bottonr section 14 and assume the positions as shown in Figuretj The clamping member 19 is then superimposed with its flanges 21, 21,

racing the flaps 28, 28, and its openings 23,

23, registering with and receiving thev projecting pins 18. 18, of thebottom section 14 and forced down onto said flaps 28, 28, and into the pocket or recess 17, as clearly. shown in Figure 2.

The handle holding member 29 is then adjusted so that its openin'gs 32, 32,register with the pins 18, 18, and the nuts 33, 33, are I said member 29 is incapable of rotationor" displacement with respect to its secured position to the clamping member 19 and hence'insures at'all times and with rough usage the proper relation ofthe mop with its holder and the operating-handle In Figures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, substantially the'same invention is illustrated as that disclosed withrespect to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, except that the form of the mop holder instead of being square or rectangular'in shape has been changed to a circular form and is effected by providing the cooperating circular base section 1 11 and clamping memher 191 with the same arrangement and type of screw threaded pins 181, socket piece 291, for securing the handle 30.

The circular cooperating mop is made in the same manner as described with reference to Figures 1 to 4', except in order to conform to the circular shapes of thesbase section 141 and clamping member 191 said mop is preferably provided with hing-ed flaps 281having V-shape d sections removed in order to be properly disposed in the pocketofsaid base section and avoid overlapping the pins 181, as shown in Figure 7.

Fi'gure'8 shows a form of the invention in which the clamping member 192 is simply a plate without flanges and thelength of the pins 182 is reduced, as shown.

Figure 9 shows a mop and mop holder of the same general type and form as shown in Figures 5 and 7, except instead of long handle 30 being employed, a small curved or hand grip 301 is secured to the pins 181, by

the same nuts and makes the mop and its holder capable of being used for washing, polishing or rubbing at a high or low level without necessitating the taking apart of the holder.

In Figures 10, 11, 12 and 13,.substantially the same invention as disclosed with respect is then adjusted so that the flaps 28, 28, can

to Figures 1 to 4 inclusive is shown, except that the bottom 151 of the base receiving sect1on1 12 is provided preferably with a plurality of perforations 161 to enable any I with a handle or grip comprising a plate 302 provided with the openings 303 registering with the pins 183 and having the elongated openings 184i at its upturned ends through which is fastened a strap 304, as shown in Figure 12.

From the foregoing disclosure of the construction and arrangement of the improvement and mode of applying the same, it will be seen that all the objects and advantages recited in the statement of invention have been fully and efficiently carried out, and while we have shown and described our preferred forms of mops and mop holders, many changes will readily suggest themselves without in any way departing from the salientfeatures herein disclosed and embodied in the scope of the claims.

What we claim is:

1. A mop comprising a base section provided about its periphery with a raised web forming a shallow recess or pocket, a plurality of separated pins normal to and rigidly projecting from the base section within the pocket or recess, a dished clamping member adapted to fit with a slight clearance within the recess or pocket and having openings registering with and adapted to receive said separated pins, and means engaging said pins for holding said dished clamping member within said recess or pocket of the base section with the recesses of said clamping member and base section facing each other, and a mop fabric comprising two elongated sections of fabric superimposed at right angles to each other and secured at their overlapping central sections and an absorbent material secured on the outerside of one. of the overlapping central sections, thereby forming a structure with a central absorbent section with hinged and flexible flaps extending from said absorbent section, said central absorbent section being disposed on the exterior of the base section and the flexible flaps passing over the top edge of the raised web into the shallow recess of the base section and held between the clamping member and base section.

2. A mop holder comprising a base section having a perforated bottom and provided about its periphery with a raised web forming a shallow recess or pocket, a plurality of separated pins normal to and rigidly projecting from the base section within the pocket or recess, a dished clamping member adapted to fit with a slight clearance within the recess or pocket and having openings registering with and adapted to receive said separated pins, means engaging said pins for holding said dished clamping member within said recess or pocket of the base section with the recesses of said clamping member and base section facing each other, and a mop fabric comprising two elongated sections of fabric superimposed at right angles to each other and secured at their overlapping central sections and an absorbent material secured on the outerside of one of the overlapping central sections, thereby forming a structure with a central absorbent section with hinged and flexible flaps extending from said absorbent section, said central absorbent section being disposed on the exterior of the base section and the flexible flaps passing over the top edge of the raised web into the shallow recess of the base section and held between the clamping member and base section.

3. A mop comprising two elongated sections of fabric having V-shaped incisions in their ends and superimposed at right angles to each other and secured at their overlapping central sections and an absorbent material secured on the outerside of one of the overlapping central sections, thereby forming a .structure with a central absorbent section with hinged and flexible flaps extending from said absorbent section.

In testimony whereof we hereunto EtffiX our signatures.

URBANE J. EWING. ADA F. EWING. 

